CSX appoints a new vice president and controller, while Volga-Dnepr hires commercial director.

Port terminals operated by the South Carolina Ports Authority (SCPA) handled 168,480 TEUs of containerized cargo for the month, a 4.2 percent year-over-year decline, as the authority began construction on the Charleston Harbor Deepening Project.

Volkswagen Group Logistics will charter the two roll-on/roll-off vessels capable of handling 6,500 vessels each from Siem Car Carriers AS.

The Israeli ocean carrier posted a net profit of $11 million for the full year in 2017 compared to a net loss of $163 million in 2016 despite reporting a $10 million loss in the fourth quarter, according to the company’s most recent financial statements.

An over 2,000-page bill to keep the government funded through Sept. 30 included language to renew the U.S. Generalized System of Preferences (GSP), which lapsed Dec. 31, 2017.

The Israeli ocean carrier will drop a call at Halifax on its ZIM Container Service Pacific loop, but will launch a feeder service, dubbed the Canada Florida Express, which will call the Canadian port, as well as Miami and Kingston.

A Trump administration review found that the country’s government is forcing unfair technology and intellectual property transfers from U.S. companies, which allows the White House to impose trade remedies pursuant to a 1974 statute.

President Donald Trump on Tuesday asked Congress to extend Trade Promotion Authority by three years to July 1, 2021.

The annualized driver turnover rate at both large and small truckload (TL) carriers fell during the final quarter of 2017 compared with the previous three-month period, but rose when compared with fourth quarter 2016.

Singapore-based port terminal operator PSA International increased its earnings 5.1 percent to 1.23 billion Singapore (U.S. $936.3 million) in 2017, as revenues and container volumes climbed 7.8 percent and 9.8 percent, respectively, from the prior year.